Dodge Durango Complaints (2011)

800 consumer complaints on file.

#10919404October 27, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THERE IS A KNOWN RECALL FOR THE 2011 DODGE DURANGO WITH THE 160 AMP ALTERNATOR. WE HAVE A 180 AMP ALTERNATOR AND EXPERIENCED THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS AS THE RECALLED 160 AMP. OUR VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AFTER A SHORT DRIVE. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO INCLUDE THE 180 AMP ALTERNATOR INTO THE EXISTING RECALL. A SHORT INTERNET SEARCH WILL REVEAL COUNTLESS OTHER VICTIMS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10919036October 26, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING ON THE NJ TURNPIKE APROX 75MPH 10/25/2016 THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON. SUV BEGIN TO LOSE POWER AND TACHOMETER WAS REVVING HIGH. MADE IT TO MY LOCAL TIRE SHOP UPON PULLING THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE ALTERNATOR BLEW UP AND A SMALL FIRE STARTED. UPON REPLACING THE ALTERNATOR THE SUV STILL WILL NOT START. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10918616October 24, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
PULLED INTO A SHOPPING MALL HAD A WEIRD BURNING SMELL SHUT OFF CAR LIFTED HOOD A LOT OF SMOKE COMING OUT OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAR COMPLETELY DEAD HAD IT TOWED TO SHOP THEY INFORM ME THAT ALTERNATOR, BATTERY DEAD. AFTER FIXING THEY FIND OUT ECM IS FRIED! NOW COME TO FIND OUT THERE'S A RECALL ON THE ALTERNATOR! I WAS JUST AT DEALER FIXING THE FUEL THING THAT WAS RECALLED CAUSE CAR DIED THEN TOO HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED! WHY DIDN'T DEALER FIX ALTERNATOR THING TOO WHEN I WAS THERE NOW I HAVE TO PAY $1500 TO FIX??
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10918628October 24, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
I WAS AT THE MALL PULLED INTO PARKING LOT SMELLED A BURNING SMELL SO I TURNED OFF ENGINE AND OPENED HOOD SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT NO FIRE THOUGH TRIED TO START VEHICLE AGAIN CAR COMPLETELY DEAD. SO HAD CAR TOWED OF COURSE WAS IN PARKING STRUCTURE AND STRUCTURE WAS SO SMALL NO TOW TRUCK COULD FIT INSIDE SO HAD TO CALL A MOBILE MECHANIC TO COME OUT AND HE BYPASSED SOMETHING TO GET CAR STARTED DROVE CAR TO OUTSIDE PARKING LOT SO CAR COULD BE TOWED. MECHANIC SAID ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY FRIED. SO REPLACED THEM. COME TO FIND OUT THAT PCM WAS ALSO FRIED SO NEED NEW BRAIN FOR CAR! LOOKED ON WEBSITE DODGE/CRYSELER HAVE RECALL ON ALTERNATOR....YOU GUESSED IT NOT ON MY VEHICLE THOUGH!! THERE IS A RECALL ON 2011 DODGE DURANGO ALTERNATORS BUT NOT ON MINE YET MY ALTERNATOR GOES OUT FOR NO APPARENT REASON!! RIDICULOUS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10916861October 18, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE BATTERY WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND A BURNING ODOR ENTERED THE VEHICLE. AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF SMOKE EMITTED FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER A WHILE, THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR CAUGHT FIRE AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10916079October 14, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THIS MORNING I STARTED MY CAR AS USUAL TO TAKE MY KIDS TO SCHOOL. I GOT ABOUT 1/2 MILE FROM MY HOUSE AND COULD SMELL AN ELECTRICAL BURNING TYPE SMELL. I PULLED OVER BUT COULD SEE NOTHING. THE CAR WAS STILL RUNNING. I PROCEEDED ABOUT A MILE TO THE SCHOOL WITH THE SMELL STILL THROUGHOUT THE CAR. JUST BEFORE I PULLED BACK TO MY HOUSE GOING ABOUT 35 MILES PER HOUR MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, FOLLOWED BY MY BATTERY LIGHT. THE RADIO WENT ALL HAYWIRE AS WELL. I WAS ABLE TO PULL UP TO THE FRONT OF MY HOUSE. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND HAD MY HUSBAND COME TAKE A LOOK. HE OPENED THE HOOD AND SMOKE CAME OUT. IT SMELLED VERY HOT LIKE THERE WERE WIRES ON FIRE. I TRIED TO START THE CAR AGAIN AND NOTHING. I CAN'T EVEN GET MY KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION. HE TOUCHED THE ALTERNATOR AND BURNED HIMSELF. I HAD TO CALL ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP. IT SAT FOR 2 HOURS WAITING AND WHEN THE TOW DRIVER CAME HE COULD STILL SMELL THE BURNING AND WHEN HE TRIED TO TOUCH THE ALTERNATOR HE STILL COULDN'T SAID IT WAS VERY HOT. HE TRIED TO JUMP THE CAR AND SPARKS CAME SHOOTING OFF THE BATTERY TERMINALS ALSO. I HAVE NOTICED MANY COMPLAINTS WITH THIS SAME ISSUE AND NO RECALL???? ONLY THE 180 AMP ALTERNATORS??? LAST YEAR MY CAR HAD TO SIT FOR 4 MONTHS BECAUSE OF THE TIPM RECALL AND NO PARTS AVAILABLE. NOW THIS! I AM ALSO CONTACTING DODGE/CHRYSLER TO REPORT THIS ISSUE AS IT SHOULD BE A RECALL ON ALL ALTERNATORS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10914355October 6, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
VEHICLE QUIT WITH NO WARNING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE. NO FLASHERS!! COULD NOT GET CAR OUT OF GEAR TO NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO MOVE VEHICLE. NO SHOULDER AS IT WAS ON AN OVERPASS. HAD TO ABANDON VEHICLE IN TRAVELED PORTION OF INTERSTATE 29. HAD SOME NEAR MISS WHERE OTHER DRIVERS HAD TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES LEAVING TIRE MARKS ON PAVEMENT IN ORDER NOT TO HIT OUR CAR. HUSBAND HAD TO DIRECT MORNING TRAFFIC AROUND CAR TILL POLICE COULD GET THERE. WORRIED THAT SOMEONE WOULD HIT IT AND GET HURT/KILLED. HUSBAND HAD NO SAFETY GEAR AND WAS PLACED IN A VERY UNSAFE POSITION TRYING TO KEEP OTHERS FROM HITTING OUR VEHICLE SITTING THE TRAVELED PORTION OF AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10913980October 5, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR, BATTERY, AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10914099October 5, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
TRAFFIC SLOWING DOWN IN FRONT OF ME, I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT SLOWLY TO FLOOR AND THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK CAUSING ME TO HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, REAPPLIED THE BRAKES AND THEY DID WORK CAUSING ME TO HIT THAT CAR AGAIN. THOUGHT THAT MAYBE MY FOOT WAS DEPRESSING BOTH THE ACCELERATOR AND BRAKE SO II USED MY LEFT FOOT, RESULT THE SAME. I DID THIS MANY MORE TIMES AND THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. I APPLIED THE PARKING BRAKE AND PULLED OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD WHEN I WAS SURE IT WAS SAFE. THIS HAPPENED IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE, I MANAGED TO AVOID HITTING ANY OF THE WORKERS AND THE 3 TRUCKS THAT THEY WERE USING. ONE OF THE WORKERS ASKED WHAT HAPPENED, I EXPLAINED TO HIM AND HE TRIED THE BRAKES, THEY WENT WERE SPONGY AND WENT SLOWLY TO THE FLOOR. CHECKED TO SEE IF THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE TO SEE IF SHE HAD ANY INJURIES, SHE SAID SHE WAS ALRIGHT. THE IMPACT WAS NOT HARD BECAUSE WE WERE BOTH GOING THE SPEED. CALLED THE MICHIGAN STATE POLICE (REFER TO INCEDENT # 31-10985-16 AND CRASH REPORT S/N 228890) NO TICKET ISSUED. CALLED FOR WRECKER TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM DEALERSHIP. THE DEALER WAS GARBER, 5330 BAY ROAD, SAGINAW MICHIGAN 48604, PHONE # 989-399-8550, SERVICE ADVISOR LARRY COOK. THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM, THEY CONTACTED CHRYSLER ENGINEERING. LEFT VEHICLE OVE NIGHT, CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. BRAKES WORKED FINE, BROUGHT VEHICLE HOME AFRAID TO DRIVE IT AGAIN.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10911316October 3, 2016
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE. THE CONTACT PULLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY, LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE, AND NOTICED A LARGE PUDDLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO A MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE WATER PUMP GASKET AND BEARING HOUSING FAILED. THE WATER PUMP, COOLANT, AND THERMOSTAT WERE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,600. UPDATED 12/20/16*LJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10910530September 29, 2016
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE
2011 DODGE DURANGO RECALL# 14V634000, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ALTERNATOR. THE TRUCK WAS IN MOTION ON A BUSY CITY STREET AND STOPPED ABRUPTLY. THE ENTIRE COMPUTER SYSTEM WENT OUT, CAUSING THE ALTERNATOR, AND THE BATTERY TO BE DISABLED. DODGE REFUSED TO REIMBURSE FOR THE 2K WE PAID IN REPAIRS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10910659September 29, 2016
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 44,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10910118September 28, 2016
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
RADIO STARTED GOING OFF AND ON ONCE THE CAR WAS PARKED STARTED SMOKING UNDER HOOD AND THEN WOULD NOT START AT ALL HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A GARAGE. GARAGE ALTERNATOR CAUGHT ON FIRE ORDER NEW ALTERNATOR ALSO IT RUINED THE BATTERY NEW BATTERY PUT IN STILL WOULD NOT START HAD TO TAKE IT TO A DODGE DEALER NOW I HAVE A BILL FOR $1500.00 I HAVE TRYING TO PAY AS MUCH AS I COULD AFFORD EACH WEEK BUT NOT GETTING FAR I NEED SOMETHING,I REALLY NEED MY CAR BACK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10908694September 22, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE DURANGO. THREE MONTHS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V530000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE FAILURE RECURRED FOUR TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10908458September 21, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THERE WAS A PRESENCE OF SMOKE THAT EMITTED INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE RANDOMLY STALLED AND THE CONTACT HAD TO CAUTIOUSLY COAST THE VEHICLE DOWN AN EXIT RAMP AND ONTO A LOCAL ROADWAY. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION UNDER THE HOOD, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE ALTERNATOR ASSEMBLY AND THE BATTERY WERE BURNT. THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED TO A DEALER WHERE THE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR ASSEMBLY WERE REPLACED. THERE WAS AN UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER RECALL, BUT THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED BECAUSE IT ONLY ADDRESSED THE 160 AMP AND NOT THE 180 AMP. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10908113September 20, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10908192September 20, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
LOST TOTAL BATTERY POWER TO VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED. IT STARTED WITH A BURING METAL SMELL COMING FROM THE ALTERNATOR. DROVE VEHICLE 5 MILES ON A STATE HIGHWAY AT 55MPH WHEN THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON. DROVE ANOTHER 10 MILES ON THE SAME ROAD AND SPEED, AND RADIO SHUT OFF, WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE TURNING ON AND OFF, POWER WINDOWS GOING UP AND DOWN ON THIER OWN, DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHTS TURNED ON AND OFF UNTIL FINALLY LOSING POWER STEERING AND THEN VEHICLE COMPLETELY DIED. LUCKILY I WAS SLOWING DOWN AND HAD A PARKING LOT TO COAST INTO AFTER TOTAL POWER FAILURE. TOWED VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND DETERMINED THE ALTERNATOR WENT BAD, WHICH CAUSED A SHORT TO THE BATTERY CAUSING THE BATTERY TO BECOME COMPLETELY DEAD AND DAMAGED, WHILE BLOWING THE FUSE PANEL. SEEMS LIKE THIS IS BECOMING A COMMON PROBLEM WITH DURANGOS THIS AGE WITH SIMILAR MILEAGE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10907252September 16, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WITH MY WIFE AND THREE YOUNG CHILDREN IN MY 2011 DODGE DURANGO CREW I OBSERVED A SMELL OF SMOKE FROM THE HOOD COMPARTMENT. SECONDS LATER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WENT HAYWIRE AND EVERY LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING. HEAT BEGAN BLOWING FROM VENTS, WIPERS TURNED ON BY THEMSELVES. THE CAR SUDDENLY DIED AND I LOST CONTROL OF STEERING AS WELL AS BRAKING. I WAS BARELY ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. WE REMOVED THE KIDS FROM THE CAR SO THEY WOULD BE SAFER. WHEN THE KIDS WERE OUT OF THE ROADWAY I POPPED THE HOOD AND OBSERVED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ALTERNATOR. I HAD TO HAVE MY DURANGO TOWED TO MY MECHANIC. MY MECHANIC REBUILT THE ALTERNATOR BUT ONCE IT WAS REBUILT THE CAR WOULDN'T START. MECHANIC PERFORMED TESTING AND DETERMINED THAT THE PCM WAS FRIED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. MY MECHANIC NOTIFIED ME THAT THE PCM AND ALTERNATOR FOR THE 2011 DURANGO WAS UNDER RECALL. WHEN I CALLED CHRYSLER THEY INFORMED ME THAT MY DURANGO WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. APPARENTLY THEIR ARE THREE SIZES OF ALTERNATORS IN THE 2011 DURANGO 160AMP, 180 AMP, AND 220AMP. ONLY THE 160 AMP IS COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE I HAVE CAME ACROSS HUNDREDS OF OTHER DURANGO OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. ALL 2011 DODGE DURANGO'S SHOULD BE RECALLED BECAUSE THIS IS THE SAME EXACT ISSUE AS THE DURANGO'S COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. THIS COULD HAVE ENDED MUCH WORSE AS MY CHILDREN COULD HAVE BEEN HURT OR WORSE YET KILLED. DODGE NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR DEFECTIVE PARTS. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 54,000 MILES. WAY TOO EARLY TO BE PAYING FOR THIS KIND OF REPAIRS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10906716September 14, 2016
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V530000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AGAIN WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10905020September 9, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
EVEN AFTER THE RECALL FOR THE FUEL PUMP RELAY IT WAS REPLACED , THE ENTIRE TIPM WENT OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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